The Wild Reed

Thoughts & interests of a queer seeker of the Divine Presence;
of a “soul dancer,” seeking to embody with grace and verve
the mystico-prophetic spiritual tradition

Saturday, June 13, 2026

Dalloway Day

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This Wednesday (June 17) is Dalloway Day, an annual celebration of author Virginia Woolf ’s 1925 modernist masterpiece, Mrs. Dalloway . ...
Friday, June 12, 2026

Chris Smalls’ “Unforgivable Sin”: Connecting the Warehouse to the Empire

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Writes Prince Kapone of Weaponized Information . . . J acobin really thought it was doing labor strategy. What it actually did was publ...
Thursday, June 11, 2026

Aligning With the Divine

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The human will is a magic power. When it is purified of selfish desire and aligned with the Great Architect, it becomes an unstoppable f...
Wednesday, June 10, 2026

“This Is Not a Moment to Be Silent”

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R ick Chow shot a 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack Belton in the back for water bottles that he never actually stole. Yes, his life was worth le...
Tuesday, June 09, 2026

Yep . . .

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W hen people ask about my politics, I tell them Bernie is as far to the right I am ever willing to go. – Michael Hurwitz via social media...

Quote of the Day

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T he fact that Kamala Harris [ left ] walks around being applauded and convinced she “ told us so ” instead of being treated like someone w...
Monday, June 08, 2026

Night Blessing

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N ight is gathering around you now, drawing a veil between your spirit and the noise of the world. May this darkness become a place of r...
Sunday, June 07, 2026

Quote of the Day

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Y es, while Graham Platner [ right ] does indeed have enough red flags to cancel a soccer tournament, no one who was silent in 2024 about U...
Friday, June 05, 2026

Kshama Sawant on the Real Reason for Jacobin Magazine’s “Hatchet Job” on Chris Smalls

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I’m currently reading Chris Smalls ’s recently released memoir, When the Revolution Comes: A Fight for the Future of the Working Class . It...
Tuesday, June 02, 2026

When the “Blue Wave” Is a “Blue Crackdown”

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C alifornia, brace yourselves and head to higher ground. There is a Blue Wave coming that conceals a Blue Crackdown. In New Jersey [ right...
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Monday, June 01, 2026

Quote of the Day

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T omorrow, California will vote for governor in its jungle primary. One candidate I would love to see triumph has been kicked off the ballo...
Sunday, May 31, 2026

May Vignettes

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See also the previous Wild Reed May 2026 posts: • Australian Sojourn: April-May 2026 – Brisbane, Montville,...
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Michael J. Bayly
Born and raised in Australia, I now reside in the U.S. where from 2003-2015 I served as the executive coordinator of the Catholic Pastoral Committee on Sexual Minorities (CPCSM). During this time I also helped found both The Progressive Catholic Voice and the Catholic Coalition for Church Reform.

I established The Wild Reed in 2006 as a sign of solidarity with all who are dedicated to living lives of integrity – though, in particular, with gay people seeking to be true to both the gift of their sexuality and their Catholic faith. The Wild Reed's original by-line read, “Thoughts and reflections from a progressive, gay, Catholic perspective.” As you can see, it reads differently now. This is because my journey has, in many ways, taken me beyond, or perhaps better still, deeper into the realities that the words “progressive,” “gay,” and “Catholic” seek to describe.
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